Angola and Burma Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
	Burma
Leader
President: Jose Eduardo dos Santos	President : Thein Sein
Population
18,056,072	54,584,650
Life Expectancy
54.590 years	65.240 years
Capital City
	Rangoon (Yangon)
Largest city
Luanda (population: 2,776,170)	Rangoon (population: 4,477,640)
Human Development Index
0.484	NA
GDP per capita
	$1,300 US
Literacy Rate
67.4%	89.9%
Corruption Perception Index
1.9	NA
Percentage of Women in Parliament
37.3%	NA
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
	5.500%
Death Penalty
Abolished	NA

Political System
republic; multiparty presidential regime	military junta
Independence date
	4 January 1948 (from UK)
Religions
indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.)	Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist 1%, other 2%
Languages
Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages	Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages
Exports
	natural gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish, rice, clothing, jade and gems
External Debt
	$5,811,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
	kyats (MMK) per US dollar - 1,205 (2008 est.), 1,296 (2007), 1,280 (2006), 5.761 (2005), 5.7459 (2004) note: unofficial exchange rates ranged in 2004 from 815 kyat/US dollar to nearly 970 kyat/US dollar, and by yearend 2005, the unofficial exchange rate was 1,075 kyat/US dollar; data shown for 2003-05 are official exchange rates
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	2.100%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Namibia and Democratic Republic of the Congo	Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand
Area
1,246,700 km sq	676,578 km sq
Coastline
1,600 km	1,930 km
Climate
semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda; north has cool, dry season (May to October) and hot, rainy season (November to April)	tropical monsoon; cloudy, rainy, hot, humid summers (southwest monsoon, June to September); less cloudy, scant rainfall, mild temperatures, lower humidity during winter (northeast monsoon, December to April)

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